Ct Gn 1 (01) United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Cotton Ginnings 2000 Summary May 2001 Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) by Type, State, and United States, Crop Years 1997-2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Type and : : : : State : 1997 : 1998 : 1999 : 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : All Cotton : AL : 529,100 538,500 620,650 532,950 AZ : 844,350 600,750 695,900 753,400 AR : 1,627,600 1,172,600 1,390,300 1,406,300 CA : 2,558,400 1,466,400 2,127,350 2,492,250 FL 1/ : GA : 1,884,400 1,516,450 1,524,050 1,621,700 KS 1/ : LA : 1,001,950 652,750 918,950 923,250 MS : 1,766,450 1,400,900 1,680,400 1,676,600 MO : 547,250 337,750 450,150 502,600 NM : 79,900 69,600 59,250 64,150 NC : 911,350 1,006,700 802,550 1,407,550 OK : 178,100 138,450 139,500 146,050 SC : 389,900 334,200 265,000 357,900 TN : 646,850 530,600 574,300 691,350 TX : 5,080,350 3,558,550 5,020,450 3,900,850 VA : 131,400 133,850 133,950 146,800 : US : 18,301,050 13,533,950 16,528,050 16,741,850 : Amer-Pima : AZ : 41,200 25,400 16,000 7,300 CA : 422,450 340,550 580,100 332,950 NM : 10,400 6,750 6,500 4,450 TX : 57,150 54,050 47,550 30,200 : US : 531,200 426,750 650,150 374,900 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included in the U.S. totals. Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Produced and Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, by Type, State, and United States, Crop Years 1999-2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : Equivalent 480-Pound Type : Running Bales Produced : Bales Ginned and :-------------------------------------------------------------- State : 1999 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : All Cotton : AL : 601,000 524,000 644,700 551,700 AZ : 715,400 782,450 712,350 768,500 AR : 1,406,300 1,404,250 1,410,300 1,426,500 CA : 2,107,900 2,463,150 2,202,550 2,585,800 FL 1/ : 109,900 103,250 GA : 1,520,300 1,615,250 1,570,700 1,669,000 KS 1/ : 21,650 22,000 LA : 887,600 897,900 932,350 936,150 MS : 1,694,050 1,680,500 1,716,800 1,706,800 MO : 463,850 526,950 457,950 514,650 NM : 118,900 103,250 59,600 65,300 NC : 791,000 1,384,800 828,150 1,452,400 OK : 139,350 149,700 143,000 147,750 SC : 273,800 369,350 271,750 366,700 TN : 577,500 691,400 590,450 708,500 TX : 4,958,600 3,861,550 5,160,600 4,009,450 VA : 140,950 162,100 135,700 149,850 : US : 16,528,050 16,741,850 16,966,200 17,179,500 : Amer-Pima : AZ : 15,800 7,000 16,600 7,500 CA : 580,400 333,250 602,450 346,000 NM : 10,600 4,450 6,550 4,550 TX : 43,350 30,200 48,850 30,950 : US : 650,150 374,900 674,450 389,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included in the U.S. totals. Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) by Type, Survey Period, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Type and : : : State : October 1 : October 15 : November 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : All Cotton : AL : 97,200 211,100 344,100 AZ : 72,050 152,800 244,450 AR : 295,200 675,900 1,131,900 CA : 22,550 251,000 784,050 FL : 5,800 20,800 45,250 GA : 44,600 198,250 535,800 LA : 413,050 648,500 825,250 MS : 595,200 1,068,800 1,510,750 MO : 108,350 258,400 423,250 NM : 2,500 12,500 27,000 NC : 4,100 127,150 408,650 OK : 13,350 50,600 78,100 SC : 11,150 64,000 151,100 TN : 220,200 411,400 613,500 TX : 1,380,450 1,775,050 2,027,950 VA : 0 4,550 38,250 : US : 3,285,750 5,930,800 9,189,350 : Amer-Pima : AZ 1/ : CA : 0 20,150 78,700 NM 1/ : TX 1/ : 1,100 6,400 : US : 1,050 23,200 89,600 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) by Type, Survey Period, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Type and : : : State : November 15 : December 1 : December 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : All Cotton : AL : 425,950 467,850 504,550 AZ : 310,700 414,500 519,200 AR : 1,348,650 1,384,950 1,398,450 CA : 1,275,700 1,744,800 2,092,950 FL : 64,900 76,550 90,500 GA : 905,250 1,193,700 1,433,950 LA : 893,500 914,350 923,100 MS : 1,644,650 1,667,100 1,673,400 MO : 478,400 499,100 501,650 NM : 37,950 49,750 57,750 NC : 687,600 969,950 1,168,250 OK : 88,600 121,900 137,800 SC : 232,600 296,150 336,400 TN : 673,350 685,450 691,100 TX : 2,305,200 3,023,450 3,568,250 VA : 73,450 109,550 135,350 : US : 11,446,450 13,619,100 15,232,650 : Amer-Pima : AZ 1/ : 4,750 5,400 CA : 140,850 201,350 245,150 NM 1/ : 2,500 3,800 TX : 12,000 18,050 22,500 : US : 158,850 226,650 276,850 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) by Type, Survey Period, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Type and : : : State : January 1 : January 15 : February 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : All Cotton : AL : 520,900 528,150 531,500 AZ : 609,800 666,700 703,850 AR : 1,404,950 1,405,450 1,405,950 CA : 2,313,900 2,416,600 2,467,400 FL 1/ : GA : 1,533,900 1,600,950 1,620,000 KS 1/ : LA : 923,100 923,100 923,100 MS : 1,673,600 1,673,900 1,673,900 MO : 502,000 502,000 502,050 NM : 59,700 60,900 63,500 NC : 1,300,400 1,372,000 1,397,200 OK : 141,950 144,200 144,750 SC : 351,700 355,750 357,300 TN : 691,300 691,350 691,350 TX : 3,793,250 3,864,300 3,880,550 VA : 145,350 146,750 146,750 : US : 16,082,850 16,469,700 16,627,250 : Amer-Pima : AZ : 6,400 6,400 7,150 CA : 273,450 294,550 314,850 NM : 3,950 4,050 4,350 TX : 27,850 30,100 30,150 : US : 311,650 335,100 356,500 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included in U.S. totals. Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : All Cotton : : Autauga 1/: 3,500 Baldwin 1/: 18,600 Barbour : 0 0 4,800 Bibb 1/: 0 0 Blount 1/: 1,700 Bullock : 0 0 650 Butler : 0 0 2,400 Calhoun : 0 0 1,750 Cherokee 1/: 20,700 Chilton 1/: 700 Choctaw : 0 0 2,150 Clarke 1/: 0 0 Clay : 0 0 1,300 Coffee 1/: 4,350 Colbert 1/: 35,400 Conecuh : 0 0 3,600 Covington 1/: 15,550 Crenshaw 1/: 1,950 Cullman : 0 0 2,750 Dale : 0 0 2,650 Dallas 1/: 11,200 Dekalb : 0 0 550 Elmore 1/: 11,050 Escambia 1/: 29,800 Etowah : 0 0 2,800 Fayette 1/: 1,300 Franklin : 0 0 1,700 Geneva 1/: 5,050 Greene 1/: Hale : 0 0 1,150 Henry 1/: 5,900 Houston 1/: 10,000 Jackson : 0 0 3,400 Lamar : 0 0 700 Lauderdale 1/: 29,250 Lawrence 1/: 44,300 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Lee : 0 0 2,200 Limestone : 85,850 90,300 74,400 Lowndes 1/: 4,900 Macon : 0 0 2,400 Madison : 44,550 46,350 69,700 Marengo 1/: 3,950 Marshall : 0 0 350 Mobile 1/: 15,400 Monroe 1/: 24,900 Montgomery : 0 0 750 Morgan : 0 0 950 Perry : 0 0 2,100 Pike : 0 0 3,750 Russell 1/: 2,950 Shelby : 0 0 4,150 Talladega : 0 0 9,300 Tallapoosa 1/: 1,550 Tuscaloosa 1/: 3,950 Washington : 0 0 850 Wilcox : 0 0 1,400 Other 2/: 10,750 : Alabama : 532,950 551,700 524,000 : Cochise 1/: 3,900 Graham 1/: 57,000 La Paz 1/: 51,250 Maricopa : 283,850 285,600 239,200 Mohave 1/: 9,750 Pima 1/: 29,850 Pinal : 270,600 277,950 315,000 Yuma : 78,850 80,850 76,500 : Arizona : 753,400 768,500 782,450 : Arkansas : 0 0 750 Ashley : 90,950 91,550 92,800 Chicot 1/: 56,450 Clay : 28,850 29,100 42,200 Craighead : 178,650 176,550 176,450 Crittenden : 63,000 64,050 40,700 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Cross 1/: 1,850 Desha : 212,200 215,300 170,500 Drew 1/: 39,000 Greene 1/: 23,500 Jackson : 0 0 5,450 Jefferson : 64,350 65,950 63,200 Lafayette 1/: 4,850 Lee 1/: 58,200 Lincoln 1/: 64,150 Lonoke : 48,600 49,650 45,600 Miller : 0 0 1,250 Mississippi : 276,150 282,150 277,000 Monroe 1/: 19,600 Phillips : 143,050 145,750 125,650 Poinsett : 79,800 81,200 61,800 Prairie : 0 0 1,050 Pulaski : 0 0 900 Saint Franci : 39,550 39,850 26,200 Woodruff 1/: 5,150 : Arkansas : 1,406,300 1,426,500 1,404,250 : Butte 1/: 0 0 Colusa 1/: 31,950 Fresno : 855,950 891,600 775,300 Glenn 1/: 0 0 Imperial 1/: 28,950 Kern : 443,850 461,600 519,150 Kings : 514,150 533,200 548,200 Madera 1/: 76,650 Merced : 185,300 191,800 202,200 Riverside 1/: 46,650 San Bernardi 1/: 0 0 Sutter 1/: Tulare : 282,850 290,050 219,450 Yolo : 0 0 6,100 : California : 2,492,250 2,585,800 2,463,150 : Calhoun : 0 0 9,800 Columbia 1/: 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Escambia 1/: 15,750 Gadsen : 0 0 850 Hamilton : 0 0 1,200 Holmes 1/: 0 0 Jackson 1/: 20,750 Jefferson : 0 0 650 Madison 1/: 0 0 Okaloosa : 0 0 6,100 Santa Rosa 1/: 43,100 Suwannee : 0 0 1,150 Walton : 0 0 2,100 Washington : 0 0 700 Other 2/: 750 : Florida 1/: 103,250 : Appling 1/: 44,650 Atkinson : 0 0 14,850 Bacon : 0 0 20,200 Baker : 0 0 31,950 Bartow 1/: 2,750 Ben Hill : 0 0 10,900 Berrien 1/: 33,850 Bleckley 1/: 18,550 Blinch 1/: 0 0 Brantley 1/: 0 0 Brooks 1/: 48,650 Bryan : 0 0 400 Bulloch 1/: 44,700 Burke : 81,100 84,000 50,700 Calhoun 1/: 29,650 Candler 1/: 17,050 Chattooga 1/: 0 0 Clay : 0 0 6,300 Coffee 1/: 51,100 Colquitt : 195,950 201,950 73,400 Cook : 0 0 31,300 Crawford : 0 0 600 Crisp 1/: 30,050 Decatur 1/: 65,750 Dodge 1/: 18,500 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Dooly : 119,450 123,200 82,350 Dougherty : 0 0 10,100 Early 1/: 49,500 Effingham : 0 0 1,850 Elbert : 0 0 1,800 Emanuel : 0 0 23,900 Evans : 0 0 4,950 Floyd : 0 0 3,050 Glascock : 0 0 450 Grady : 0 0 37,100 Gwinnett 1/: 0 0 Hart 1/: 0 0 Henry 1/: 0 0 Houston : 0 0 12,650 Irwin 1/: 30,250 Jeff Davis 1/: 32,250 Jefferson 1/: 16,050 Jenkins : 0 0 19,850 Johnson : 0 0 4,100 Lamar : 0 0 1,600 Lanier : 0 0 7,300 Laurens 1/: 7,500 Lee 1/: 31,400 Long : 0 0 300 Lowndes 1/: 10,200 Macon : 0 0 19,350 Madison 1/: 0 0 Marion 1/: 0 0 McDuffie : 0 0 650 Miller 1/: 41,400 Mitchell 1/: 67,850 Montgomery : 0 0 2,700 Morgan 1/: 500 Oconee 1/: 0 0 Peach : 0 0 2,650 Pierce : 0 0 18,850 Polk : 0 0 1,750 Pulaski 1/: 35,850 Quitman : 0 0 1,050 Randolph 1/: 14,450 Richmond 1/: 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Schley : 0 0 350 Screven 1/: 26,050 Seminole 1/: 39,600 Stewart : 0 0 3,950 Sumter 1/: 30,400 Tattnall : 0 0 10,300 Taylor 1/: 1,600 Telfair : 0 0 6,750 Terrell 1/: 19,100 Thomas 1/: 33,500 Tift 1/: 26,050 Toombs : 0 0 7,800 Treutlen : 0 0 4,000 Turner 1/: 31,600 Twiggs : 0 0 3,250 Walton 1/: 0 0 Ware : 0 0 6,650 Warren 1/: 0 0 Washington : 0 0 4,000 Wayne : 0 0 17,150 Webster : 0 0 2,100 Wheeler : 0 0 1,700 Wilcox 1/: 24,650 Worth 1/: 71,400 : Georgia : 1,621,700 1,669,000 1,615,250 : Kansas 1/: 22,000 : Avoyelles 1/: 28,350 Bienville 1/: 0 0 Bossier : 0 0 750 Caddo : 26,800 27,900 21,650 Caldwell : 0 0 6,400 Catahoula : 76,700 77,800 84,400 Claiborne 1/: 0 0 Concordia : 71,500 73,150 80,250 Desoto : 0 0 1,050 East Carroll : 99,950 100,400 63,100 East Felicia : 0 0 400 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Evangeline : 0 0 300 Franklin : 138,450 140,950 106,100 Grant : 0 0 4,350 Lasalle : 0 0 1,050 Madison 1/: 86,600 Morehouse : 96,750 98,650 78,000 Natchitoches : 0 0 10,000 Ouachita 1/: 16,200 Pointe Coupe 1/: 25,900 Rapides : 54,800 55,100 40,900 Red River 1/: 9,250 Richland : 72,100 72,550 52,950 Saint Landry : 0 0 13,350 Tensas : 113,550 116,350 133,500 Webster 1/: 0 0 West Carroll 1/: 32,750 : Louisiana : 923,250 936,150 897,900 : Adams : 0 0 6,850 Alcorn : 0 0 1,450 Attala : 0 0 6,100 Benton 1/: 3,000 Bolivar : 124,600 126,350 118,400 Calhoun : 24,050 24,500 26,150 Carroll 1/: 21,650 Chickasaw 1/: 5,450 Choctaw : 0 0 750 Claiborne : 0 0 4,850 Clay : 0 0 3,400 Coahoma : 132,550 133,150 123,950 Copiah : 0 0 2,800 Covington : 0 0 350 Desoto 1/: 16,050 George : 0 0 3,500 Greene : 0 0 400 Grenada 1/: 9,200 Hinds 1/: 19,200 Holmes : 108,050 109,350 109,400 Humphreys : 97,350 98,100 121,100 Issaquena 1/: 28,600 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Itawamba : 0 0 300 Jackson : 0 0 1,850 Jefferson 1/: 8,300 Jones 1/: 0 0 Lafayette 1/: 6,500 Lamar 1/: 0 0 Leake : 0 0 700 Lee 1/: 22,750 Leflore : 151,150 156,200 134,250 Lowndes : 0 0 3,000 Madison 1/: 25,000 Marshall : 0 0 750 Monroe 1/: 9,300 Montgomery 1/: 11,200 Newton : 0 0 600 Noxubee : 0 0 5,600 Oktibbeha : 0 0 1,000 Panola : 36,250 37,150 38,600 Pike : 0 0 2,350 Pontotoc 1/: 4,000 Prentiss : 0 0 600 Quitman : 59,650 60,250 42,900 Rankin 1/: 4,300 Scott : 0 0 2,200 Sharkey 1/: 97,150 Sunflower : 118,000 119,600 106,200 Tallahatchie : 82,050 83,800 97,150 Tate 1/: 11,300 Tippah 1/: 1,500 Tishomingo : 0 0 2,000 Tunica : 53,750 54,600 67,700 Union : 0 0 850 Warren 1/: 22,500 Washington : 152,300 155,750 148,650 Webster 1/: 14,000 Yalobusha 1/: 35,250 Yazoo : 189,950 193,500 116,850 Other 2/: 450 : Mississippi : 1,676,600 1,706,800 1,680,500 : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Butler 1/: 0 0 Dade : 0 0 300 Dunklin : 190,950 195,300 189,950 Mississippi 1/: 0 0 New Madrid : 149,150 153,700 144,000 Pemiscot : 100,900 103,000 115,650 Scott 1/: 14,850 Stoddard 1/: 61,750 : Missouri : 502,600 514,650 526,950 : Chaves 1/: 7,550 Curry : 0 0 9,100 Dona Ana : 36,050 36,650 33,750 Eddy 1/: 13,700 Lea : 0 0 18,850 Luna 1/: 9,900 Quay 1/: 0 0 Roosevelt : 0 0 9,100 Sierra 1/: 0 0 : New Mexico : 64,150 65,300 103,250 : Anson 1/: 11,750 Beaufort 1/: 36,600 Bertie 1/: 54,300 Bladen : 0 0 15,750 Brunswick : 0 0 950 Cabarrus : 0 0 750 Camden : 0 0 1,400 Carteret : 0 0 4,100 Catawba 1/: 0 0 Chatham : 0 0 700 Chowan : 0 0 33,350 Cleveland 1/: 3,000 Columbus 1/: 7,200 Craven 1/: 30,350 Cumberland : 0 0 17,700 Currituck : 0 0 1,100 Davidson 1/: 0 0 Duplin 1/: 31,950 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Edgecombe 1/: 72,750 Gates 1/: 26,800 Greene 1/: 43,600 Halifax : 95,000 98,350 86,500 Harnett 1/: 26,550 Hertford 1/: 27,500 Hoke 1/: 30,800 Hyde 1/: 44,350 Iredell : 0 0 1,750 Johnston : 0 0 27,700 Jones 1/: 47,600 Lee : 0 0 5,650 Lenoir 1/: 52,500 Lincoln 1/: 0 0 Martin 1/: 73,500 Montgomery : 0 0 1,450 Moore : 0 0 2,300 Nash 1/: 44,650 Northampton : 93,550 97,100 90,950 Onslow : 0 0 10,750 Pamlico : 0 0 7,400 Pasquotank : 0 0 4,850 Pender : 0 0 3,250 Perquimans 1/: 32,100 Pitt 1/: 66,000 Richmond : 0 0 800 Robeson : 70,200 75,050 43,800 Rowan : 0 0 1,000 Rutherford 1/: Sampson : 120,450 124,050 80,950 Scotland 1/: 31,750 Stanly 1/: 22,750 Tyrrell : 0 0 4,650 Union : 0 0 12,950 Wake 1/: 0 0 Warren : 0 0 400 Washington : 0 0 16,900 Wayne 1/: 40,700 Wilson 1/: 45,300 : North Carolina : 1,407,550 1,452,400 1,384,800 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Alfalfa : 0 0 1,250 Beckham 1/: 2,200 Bryan 1/: 0 Caddo : 1,450 1,450 1,350 Canadian : 0 0 550 Comanche 1/: 0 0 Cotton 1/: 0 0 Custer 1/: 1,550 Garfield 1/: 0 0 Garvin 1/: 0 0 Grady 1/: Grant : 0 0 4,500 Greer 1/: 3,550 Harmon : 21,600 22,050 25,600 Jackson : 96,900 97,400 87,850 Kay 1/: 3,650 Kiowa : 1,900 1,950 1,700 Logan 1/: 0 0 Mcclain 1/: 950 Noble : 0 0 300 Oklahoma 1/: 0 0 Roger Mills : 0 0 700 Tillman 1/: 6,200 Washita : 3,450 3,650 5,000 Woods : 0 0 1,600 Other 2/: 350 : Oklahoma : 146,050 147,750 149,700 : Abbeville 1/: 0 0 Aiken 1/: 3,700 Allendale 1/: 5,800 Anderson : 0 0 350 Bamberg : 0 0 10,050 Barnwell 1/: 5,450 Berkeley : 0 0 500 Calhoun : 58,400 59,750 34,100 Cherokee 1/: 0 0 Chester : 0 0 850 Chesterfield : 0 0 900 Clarendon 1/: 10,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Colleton : 0 0 1,250 Darlington 1/: 47,000 Dillon 1/: 27,050 Dorchester : 0 0 7,850 Edgefield : 0 0 350 Fairfield 1/: 0 0 Florence : 0 0 18,500 Georgetown : 0 0 2,200 Hampton 1/: 17,300 Horry : 0 0 1,150 Jasper : 0 0 550 Kershaw 1/: 0 0 Lancaster 1/: 0 0 Lee : 38,000 38,700 29,700 Lexington : 0 0 1,500 Marion : 0 0 5,450 Marlboro : 46,050 47,900 44,900 Newberry : 0 0 1,000 Orangeburg : 49,400 49,950 40,500 Richland : 0 0 450 Saluda 1/: 1,500 Sumter : 24,900 25,550 12,050 Williamsburg 1/: 33,100 York 1/: 3,650 : South Carolina : 357,900 366,700 369,350 : Benton 1/: 0 0 Carroll 1/: 20,700 Chester : 0 0 1,800 Coffee 1/: 0 0 Crockett : 121,800 123,850 97,950 Dyer : 0 0 41,650 Fayette 1/: 56,450 Franklin : 0 0 7,350 Gibson : 48,850 50,100 38,600 Giles : 0 0 2,400 Grundy 1/: 0 0 Hardeman 1/: 17,700 Hardin : 0 0 1,450 Haywood : 189,700 193,750 133,250 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Henderson : 0 0 4,500 Lake 1/: 15,900 Lauderdale : 57,500 59,200 68,700 Lincoln 1/: 10,150 Madison 1/: 57,650 Mcnairy : 0 0 1,300 Obion : 0 0 5,450 Rutherford : 0 0 4,450 Shelby : 0 0 22,550 Tipton : 101,050 105,050 80,150 Weakley : 0 0 450 Other 2/: 700 : Tennessee : 691,350 708,500 691,400 : Anderson : 0 0 650 Andrews : 0 0 10,200 Atascosa 1/: 0 0 Austin : 0 0 6,000 Bailey : 74,450 76,250 45,900 Bastrop : 0 0 350 Baylor : 0 0 900 Bee : 0 0 9,800 Bell : 0 0 2,000 Borden 1/: 4,900 Brazoria : 20,600 21,550 12,600 Brazos 1/: 9,850 Briscoe : 29,600 30,750 20,600 Brooks 1/: 0 0 Brown 1/: 0 0 Burleson 1/: 19,950 Caldwell 1/: 2,250 Calhoun 1/: 37,850 Callahan 1/: 0 0 Cameron : 56,450 58,400 63,050 Castro : 87,100 89,150 122,400 Childress 1/: 7,550 Clay : 0 0 3,900 Cochran 1/: 56,550 Coke 1/: Collin 1/: 2,300 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Collingswort 1/: 11,850 Colorado : 0 0 2,800 Concho 1/: 800 Cottle 1/: 1,250 Crosby : 156,050 161,000 139,700 Culberson 1/: 0 Dawson : 61,250 63,250 75,750 De Witt : 0 0 700 Deaf Smith 1/: 36,800 Delta : 0 0 300 Dickens 1/: 8,450 Dimmit 1/: 0 0 Donley 1/: 12,900 El Paso 1/: 48,550 Ellis : 17,350 17,850 19,300 Falls 1/: 4,150 Fisher 1/: 3,250 Floyd : 136,000 141,000 151,300 Foard : 0 0 350 Fort Bend : 56,600 58,000 62,250 Gaines : 180,450 185,200 150,700 Garza 1/: 17,000 Glasscock 1/: 29,900 Goliad : 0 0 1,700 Gray : 0 0 350 Guadalupe 1/: 0 0 Hale : 310,250 319,750 316,200 Hall 1/: 20,900 Hardeman 1/: 4,200 Hartley : 0 0 550 Haskell 1/: 17,850 Hays 1/: 0 0 Hidalgo : 80,050 80,800 88,450 Hill 1/: 11,200 Hockley : 161,600 166,750 120,150 Houston 1/: 300 Howard 1/: 5,650 Hudspeth : 0 0 23,600 Hunt 1/: 900 Jackson 1/: 39,700 Jim Wells : 0 0 15,700 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Johnson 1/: 0 0 Jones : 1,100 1,150 1,050 Karnes : 0 0 1,300 Kent 1/: Kinney : 0 0 600 Kleberg 1/: 97,700 Knox 1/: 26,950 Lamar 1/: 950 Lamb : 236,000 245,650 189,200 Limestone : 0 0 1,550 Live Oak : 0 0 450 Lubbock : 205,950 212,150 151,750 Lynn : 130,650 135,100 129,350 Madison 1/: 0 0 Martin : 34,200 35,450 18,350 Mason : 0 0 650 Matagorda 1/: 55,650 Mcculloch 1/: 0 0 Mclennan 1/: 7,050 Medina 1/: 2,950 Midland 1/: 12,650 Milam 1/: 10,000 Mitchell : 4,050 4,150 4,400 Moore 1/: 0 0 Motley 1/: 4,000 Navarro 1/: 11,950 Nolan 1/: 9,250 Nueces : 154,500 159,900 169,100 Parmer : 127,650 132,450 141,150 Pecos 1/: 11,100 Potter 1/: 0 0 Randall : 0 0 800 Reagan : 0 0 14,950 Red River : 0 0 3,200 Reeves 1/: 6,100 Refugio 1/: 45,650 Robertson : 22,050 22,550 18,650 Rockwall 1/: 0 0 Runnels : 1,950 2,000 1,300 San Patricio : 250,600 257,400 183,350 Schleicher 1/: 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Scurry : 10,550 10,600 7,600 Starr : 0 0 300 Swisher : 73,100 75,400 85,100 Terry : 133,650 137,600 147,500 Tom Green : 9,950 10,450 10,500 Travis : 0 0 2,750 Upton 1/: 4,850 Uvalde : 0 0 3,750 Victoria : 0 0 30,550 Walker 1/: 650 Ward 1/: 0 0 Wharton : 163,900 167,300 80,500 Wheeler : 0 0 2,000 Wichita 1/: 0 0 Wilbarger : 1,250 1,300 600 Willacy : 136,200 139,650 120,700 Williamson : 26,750 27,350 23,900 Wilson : 0 0 650 Yoakum : 78,800 80,200 57,950 Zavala 1/: 3,350 Other 2/: 57,650 : Texas : 3,900,850 4,009,450 3,861,550 : Accomack 1/: 1,200 Amelia 1/: 0 0 Brunswick 1/: 0 0 Charles City : 0 0 2,300 Chesapeake 1/: 0 0 Dinwiddie : 0 0 6,600 Greensville 1/: 14,100 Isle of Wigh 1/: 17,100 King William 1/: 0 0 King and Que 1/: 0 0 New Kent 1/: 0 0 Northampton : 0 0 4,350 Prince Georg 1/: 0 0 Southampton : 0 0 62,000 Suffolk City 1/: 30,550 Surry : 0 0 7,000 Sussex 1/: 12,100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: All Cotton Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters), Equivalent 480-Pound Bales Ginned, and Running Bales Produced by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Running Bales : Equivalent 480-Pound : Running Bales and State : Ginned : Bales Ginned : Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Other 2/: 150 : Virginia : 146,800 149,850 162,100 : : US TOTAL : 16,741,850 17,179,500 16,741,850 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Withheld to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included in State and U. S. totals. 2/ County of origin was not determined. Note: Counties may not add to State total due to rounding. Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Autauga : 1 482.3 358 Baldwin : 1 495.1 206 Barbour : 0 0.0 326 Bibb : 0 0.0 579 Blount : 1 482.3 417 Bullock : 0 0.0 493 Butler : 0 0.0 386 Calhoun : 0 0.0 412 Cherokee : 2 485.2 192 Chilton : 1 488.0 486 Choctaw : 0 0.0 398 Clarke : 0 0.0 542 Clay : 0 0.0 438 Coffee : 1 498.1 332 Colbert : 2 485.9 131 Conecuh : 0 0.0 356 Covington : 1 501.7 227 Crenshaw : 1 486.0 406 Cullman : 0 0.0 379 Dale : 0 0.0 383 Dallas : 2 493.6 248 Dekalb : 0 0.0 506 Elmore : 3 495.8 252 Escambia : 1 501.0 158 Etowah : 0 0.0 376 Fayette : 1 496.6 439 Franklin : 0 0.0 416 Geneva : 1 485.6 317 Greene : 1 480.0 553 Hale : 0 0.0 450 Henry : 2 485.6 305 Houston : 1 493.1 262 Jackson : 0 0.0 360 Lamar : 0 0.0 487 Lauderdale : 2 493.1 161 Lawrence : 4 498.5 109 Lee : 0 0.0 394 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Limestone : 6 504.9 61 Lowndes : 1 503.3 320 Macon : 0 0.0 385 Madison : 3 499.3 66 Marengo : 1 489.8 347 Marshall : 0 0.0 522 Mobile : 1 506.5 228 Monroe : 1 494.6 178 Montgomery : 0 0.0 480 Morgan : 0 0.0 464 Perry : 0 0.0 399 Pike : 0 0.0 351 Russell : 2 491.2 373 Shelby : 0 0.0 337 Talladega : 0 0.0 271 Tallapoosa : 1 497.1 424 Tuscaloosa : 1 502.8 346 Washington : 0 0.0 472 Wilcox : 0 0.0 434 : Alabama : 46 496.9 : Cochise : 1 483.0 349 Graham : 4 499.5 83 La Paz : 2 492.5 91 Maricopa : 17 483.0 7 Mohave : 2 493.3 270 Pima : 3 494.1 157 Pinal : 18 493.0 5 Yuma : 4 492.2 59 : Arizona : 51 489.7 : Arkansas : 0 0.0 481 Ashley : 6 483.2 44 Chicot : 2 480.0 85 Clay : 3 484.5 114 Craighead : 8 474.3 13 Crittenden : 5 488.0 118 Cross : 1 515.0 407 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Desha : 6 487.0 14 Drew : 1 477.3 123 Greene : 3 481.1 183 Jackson : 0 0.0 310 Jefferson : 9 491.8 73 Lafayette : 1 500.0 322 Lee : 1 505.9 80 Lincoln : 1 500.0 72 Lonoke : 8 490.5 102 Miller : 0 0.0 444 Mississippi : 11 490.4 6 Monroe : 2 479.0 198 Phillips : 7 489.1 28 Poinsett : 6 488.4 78 Prairie : 0 0.0 455 Pulaski : 0 0.0 468 Saint Franci : 4 483.9 171 Woodruff : 1 497.3 316 : Arkansas : 86 486.9 : Butte : 0 0.0 592 Colusa : 1 504.2 142 Fresno : 29 500.0 1 Glenn : 0 0.0 363 Imperial : 1 490.0 162 Kern : 17 499.2 3 Kings : 15 497.8 2 Madera : 3 504.3 58 Merced : 5 496.9 9 Riverside : 2 490.3 99 San Bernardi : 0 0.0 402 Sutter : 2 500.0 368 Tulare : 8 492.2 8 Yolo : 0 0.0 300 : California : 83 498.0 : Calhoun : 0 0.0 268 Columbia : 0 0.0 580 Escambia : 1 450.0 224 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Gadsen : 0 0.0 473 Hamilton : 0 0.0 448 Holmes : 0 0.0 571 Jackson : 1 498.0 191 Jefferson : 0 0.0 494 Madison : 0 0.0 593 Okaloosa : 0 0.0 301 Santa Rosa : 2 496.0 112 Suwannee : 0 0.0 451 Walton : 0 0.0 400 Washington : 0 0.0 488 : Florida : 4 490.7 : Appling : 2 492.9 106 Atkinson : 0 0.0 230 Bacon : 0 0.0 195 Baker : 0 0.0 143 Bartow : 1 479.9 380 Ben Hill : 0 0.0 253 Berrien : 2 492.5 134 Bleckley : 1 494.0 207 Blinch : 0 0.0 557 Brantley : 0 0.0 572 Brooks : 2 502.7 95 Bryan : 0 0.0 518 Bulloch : 2 498.3 105 Burke : 4 497.3 93 Calhoun : 2 491.7 160 Candler : 2 495.0 217 Chattooga : 0 0.0 543 Clay : 0 0.0 298 Coffee : 2 491.5 92 Colquitt : 7 494.7 63 Cook : 0 0.0 148 Crawford : 0 0.0 501 Crisp : 2 494.2 155 Decatur : 2 488.3 71 Dodge : 1 489.9 208 Dooly : 7 495.0 52 Dougherty : 0 0.0 260 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Early : 1 491.8 94 Effingham : 0 0.0 408 Elbert : 0 0.0 410 Emanuel : 0 0.0 180 Evans : 0 0.0 319 Floyd : 0 0.0 369 Glascock : 0 0.0 514 Grady : 0 0.0 127 Gwinnett : 0 0.0 581 Hart : 0 0.0 582 Henry : 0 0.0 544 Houston : 0 0.0 239 Irwin : 2 495.0 154 Jeff Davis : 1 501.4 140 Jefferson : 2 502.1 221 Jenkins : 0 0.0 197 Johnson : 0 0.0 340 Lamar : 0 0.0 421 Lanier : 0 0.0 288 Laurens : 2 491.0 285 Lee : 1 485.2 147 Long : 0 0.0 532 Lowndes : 1 496.8 257 Macon : 0 0.0 199 Madison : 0 0.0 555 Marion : 0 0.0 545 McDuffie : 0 0.0 495 Miller : 1 493.1 116 Mitchell : 1 485.0 68 Montgomery : 0 0.0 382 Morgan : 1 490.0 511 Oconee : 0 0.0 594 Peach : 0 0.0 384 Pierce : 0 0.0 203 Polk : 0 0.0 413 Pulaski : 2 490.1 130 Quitman : 0 0.0 456 Randolph : 1 501.4 232 Richmond : 0 0.0 556 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Schley : 0 0.0 523 Screven : 1 522.2 173 Seminole : 1 498.0 122 Stewart : 0 0.0 348 Sumter : 2 476.5 152 Tattnall : 0 0.0 256 Taylor : 1 484.4 422 Telfair : 0 0.0 293 Terrell : 1 494.2 202 Thomas : 2 491.3 136 Tift : 2 485.3 174 Toombs : 0 0.0 281 Treutlen : 0 0.0 342 Turner : 2 502.3 146 Twiggs : 0 0.0 364 Walton : 0 0.0 554 Ware : 0 0.0 294 Warren : 0 0.0 595 Washington : 0 0.0 343 Wayne : 0 0.0 215 Webster : 0 0.0 401 Wheeler : 0 0.0 418 Wilcox : 1 495.0 179 Worth : 1 486.3 65 : Georgia : 69 494.0 : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Kansas 1/ : 2 484.9 : Avoyelles : 1 488.8 164 Bienville : 0 0.0 558 Bossier : 0 0.0 482 Caddo : 5 499.3 188 Caldwell : 0 0.0 297 Catahoula : 4 487.0 51 Claiborne : 0 0.0 601 Concordia : 3 491.0 55 Desoto : 0 0.0 458 East Carroll : 6 482.2 74 East Felicia : 0 0.0 519 Evangeline : 0 0.0 534 Franklin : 10 488.7 39 Grant : 0 0.0 333 Lasalle : 0 0.0 459 Madison : 1 458.4 48 Morehouse : 5 489.5 57 Natchitoches : 0 0.0 263 Ouachita : 1 481.0 220 Pointe Coupe : 1 488.8 175 Rapides : 4 482.7 117 Red River : 1 490.5 273 Richland : 7 482.9 89 Saint Landry : 0 0.0 236 Tensas : 7 491.8 25 Webster : 0 0.0 600 West Carroll : 2 493.0 139 : Louisiana : 58 486.7 : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Adams : 0 0.0 292 Alcorn : 0 0.0 431 Attala : 0 0.0 302 Benton : 1 498.5 370 Bolivar : 8 486.8 34 Calhoun : 3 488.6 172 Carroll : 2 485.9 189 Chickasaw : 1 492.2 311 Choctaw : 0 0.0 484 Claiborne : 0 0.0 323 Clay : 0 0.0 361 Coahoma : 7 482.1 29 Copiah : 0 0.0 377 Covington : 0 0.0 526 Desoto : 2 491.8 222 George : 0 0.0 359 Greene : 0 0.0 520 Grenada : 1 480.0 275 Hinds : 2 491.9 201 Holmes : 4 485.7 37 Humphreys : 4 483.8 31 Issaquena : 1 480.0 163 Itawamba : 0 0.0 535 Jackson : 0 0.0 409 Jefferson : 1 492.9 279 Jones : 0 0.0 602 Lafayette : 1 481.0 296 Lamar : 0 0.0 547 Leake : 0 0.0 489 Lee : 1 487.0 184 Leflore : 9 496.0 24 Lowndes : 0 0.0 371 Madison : 2 483.6 177 Marshall : 0 0.0 483 Monroe : 2 505.4 272 Montgomery : 1 494.7 249 Newton : 0 0.0 503 Noxubee : 0 0.0 309 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Oktibbeha : 0 0.0 461 Panola : 3 491.9 124 Pike : 0 0.0 389 Pontotoc : 1 480.0 344 Prentiss : 0 0.0 502 Quitman : 4 484.9 113 Rankin : 2 497.6 335 Scott : 0 0.0 395 Sharkey : 5 488.9 43 Sunflower : 6 486.6 38 Tallahatchie : 7 490.2 42 Tate : 1 480.0 247 Tippah : 1 502.0 428 Tishomingo : 0 0.0 403 Tunica : 5 487.6 69 Union : 0 0.0 474 Warren : 1 484.6 187 Washington : 11 490.9 19 Webster : 1 485.0 234 Yalobusha : 1 496.0 132 Yazoo : 7 489.0 35 : Mississippi : 109 488.7 : Butler : 0 0.0 548 Dade : 0 0.0 536 Dunklin : 12 490.9 10 Mississippi : 0 0.0 559 New Madrid : 9 494.6 21 Pemiscot : 9 490.0 36 Scott : 3 493.7 231 Stoddard : 2 484.7 79 : Missouri : 35 491.5 : Chaves : 2 498.4 283 Curry : 0 0.0 276 Dona Ana : 8 487.7 135 Eddy : 2 488.6 235 Lea : 0 0.0 204 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Luna : 1 480.9 266 Quay : 0 0.0 452 Roosevelt : 0 0.0 277 Sierra : 0 0.0 574 : New Mexico : 13 488.3 : Anson : 1 479.0 246 Beaufort : 1 483.4 129 Bertie : 2 491.7 88 Bladen : 0 0.0 225 Brunswick : 0 0.0 465 Cabarrus : 0 0.0 485 Camden : 0 0.0 435 Carteret : 0 0.0 341 Catawba : 0 0.0 603 Chatham : 0 0.0 490 Chowan : 0 0.0 137 Cleveland : 3 496.5 372 Columbus : 1 488.9 289 Craven : 1 489.0 153 Cumberland : 0 0.0 212 Currituck : 0 0.0 454 Davidson : 0 0.0 575 Duplin : 1 489.5 144 Edgecombe : 2 496.8 64 Gates : 1 490.3 169 Greene : 1 490.0 111 Halifax : 4 496.9 49 Harnett : 1 497.1 170 Hertford : 1 484.3 166 Hoke : 1 510.8 149 Hyde : 1 485.4 108 Iredell : 0 0.0 414 Johnston : 0 0.0 165 Jones : 1 487.5 97 Lee : 0 0.0 307 Lenoir : 2 496.8 90 Lincoln : 0 0.0 587 Martin : 1 495.9 62 Montgomery : 0 0.0 432 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Moore : 0 0.0 390 Nash : 1 488.1 107 Northampton : 6 498.1 45 Onslow : 0 0.0 254 Pamlico : 0 0.0 286 Pasquotank : 0 0.0 324 Pender : 0 0.0 365 Perquimans : 1 494.7 141 Pitt : 2 498.9 70 Richmond : 0 0.0 476 Robeson : 3 513.0 110 Rowan : 0 0.0 462 Rutherford : 1 432.3 549 Sampson : 3 494.4 53 Scotland : 2 501.3 145 Stanly : 1 500.8 185 Tyrrell : 0 0.0 327 Union : 0 0.0 237 Wake : 0 0.0 550 Warren : 0 0.0 521 Washington : 0 0.0 219 Wayne : 1 488.6 119 Wilson : 1 506.9 103 : North Carolina : 48 495.3 : Alfalfa : 0 0.0 445 Beckham : 4 499.3 396 Bryan : 1 480.0 Caddo : 3 485.2 437 Canadian : 0 0.0 507 Comanche : 0 0.0 604 Cotton : 0 0.0 605 Custer : 2 499.4 426 Garfield : 0 0.0 588 Garvin : 0 0.0 561 Grady : 1 475.0 551 Grant : 0 0.0 328 Greer : 2 501.0 357 Harmon : 3 489.7 176 Jackson : 4 482.5 47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Kay : 1 493.0 354 Kiowa : 3 487.1 419 Logan : 0 0.0 606 Mcclain : 1 458.7 466 Noble : 0 0.0 537 Oklahoma : 0 0.0 560 Roger Mills : 0 0.0 491 Tillman : 3 482.8 299 Washita : 4 507.9 318 Woods : 0 0.0 423 : Oklahoma : 32 485.6 : Abbeville : 0 0.0 589 Aiken : 1 482.0 353 Allendale : 1 477.5 306 Anderson : 0 0.0 527 Bamberg : 0 0.0 261 Barnwell : 1 488.1 313 Berkeley : 0 0.0 512 Calhoun : 3 490.9 133 Cherokee : 0 0.0 607 Chester : 0 0.0 475 Chesterfield : 0 0.0 469 Clarendon : 2 486.2 264 Colleton : 0 0.0 446 Darlington : 2 485.0 98 Dillon : 2 489.9 167 Dorchester : 0 0.0 280 Edgefield : 0 0.0 528 Fairfield : 0 0.0 608 Florence : 0 0.0 209 Georgetown : 0 0.0 397 Hampton : 1 495.7 214 Horry : 0 0.0 453 Jasper : 0 0.0 508 Kershaw : 0 0.0 562 Lancaster : 0 0.0 563 Lee : 5 489.1 159 Lexington : 0 0.0 430 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Marion : 0 0.0 312 Marlboro : 4 499.1 104 Newberry : 0 0.0 463 Orangeburg : 5 485.4 120 Richland : 0 0.0 515 Saluda : 1 506.3 429 Sumter : 4 492.9 243 Williamsburg : 1 509.3 138 York : 1 490.7 355 : South Carolina : 34 491.8 : Benton : 0 0.0 609 Carroll : 1 483.4 193 Chester : 0 0.0 411 Coffee : 0 0.0 610 Crockett : 7 488.1 40 Dyer : 0 0.0 115 Fayette : 2 498.9 86 Franklin : 0 0.0 287 Gibson : 4 492.1 125 Giles : 0 0.0 388 Grundy : 0 0.0 611 Hardeman : 2 491.9 213 Hardin : 0 0.0 433 Haywood : 9 490.3 26 Henderson : 0 0.0 329 Lake : 1 491.9 223 Lauderdale : 3 494.2 67 Lincoln : 1 485.0 259 Madison : 2 488.4 82 Mcnairy : 0 0.0 441 Obion : 0 0.0 314 Rutherford : 0 0.0 330 Shelby : 0 0.0 186 Tipton : 4 499.0 56 Weakley : 0 0.0 516 : Tennessee : 36 491.9 : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Anderson : 0 0.0 496 Andrews : 0 0.0 258 Atascosa : 0 0.0 552 Austin : 0 0.0 304 Bailey : 6 491.7 100 Bastrop : 0 0.0 531 Baylor : 0 0.0 470 Bee : 0 0.0 269 Bell : 0 0.0 405 Borden : 1 480.0 321 Brazoria : 3 501.8 241 Brazos : 2 485.5 267 Briscoe : 3 498.4 194 Brooks : 0 0.0 570 Brown : 0 0.0 613 Burleson : 1 481.7 196 Caldwell : 1 496.0 393 Calhoun : 1 493.6 126 Callahan : 0 0.0 614 Cameron : 7 496.4 75 Castro : 5 491.2 30 Childress : 1 500.0 284 Clay : 0 0.0 350 Cochran : 2 491.6 84 Coke : 1 484.5 568 Collin : 1 480.0 391 Collingswort : 2 497.3 245 Colorado : 0 0.0 378 Concho : 1 480.0 478 Cottle : 1 492.2 447 Crosby : 7 495.3 23 Culberson : 1 480.0 Dawson : 11 495.8 60 De Witt : 0 0.0 492 Deaf Smith : 1 489.1 128 Delta : 0 0.0 538 Dickens : 1 487.4 278 Dimmit : 0 0.0 578 Donley : 1 490.0 238 El Paso : 6 493.9 96 Ellis : 3 494.3 200 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Falls : 2 489.5 339 Fisher : 1 485.7 366 Floyd : 10 497.7 17 Foard : 0 0.0 530 Fort Bend : 6 491.9 76 Gaines : 10 492.7 18 Garza : 2 493.5 218 Glasscock : 2 497.0 156 Goliad : 0 0.0 420 Gray : 0 0.0 529 Guadalupe : 0 0.0 569 Hale : 13 494.7 4 Hall : 4 497.6 190 Hardeman : 2 501.8 336 Hartley : 0 0.0 509 Haskell : 7 492.0 211 Hays : 0 0.0 590 Hidalgo : 6 484.4 46 Hill : 3 495.8 250 Hockley : 10 495.3 33 Houston : 1 500.0 539 Howard : 2 482.6 308 Hudspeth : 0 0.0 182 Hunt : 2 477.4 471 Jackson : 1 498.1 121 Jim Wells : 0 0.0 226 Johnson : 0 0.0 566 Jones : 6 500.1 460 Karnes : 0 0.0 443 Kent : 1 510.0 612 Kinney : 0 0.0 505 Kleberg : 2 501.5 41 Knox : 1 502.0 168 Lamar : 2 489.3 467 Lamb : 15 499.6 11 Limestone : 0 0.0 427 Live Oak : 0 0.0 517 Lubbock : 14 494.5 16 Lynn : 10 496.3 27 Madison : 0 0.0 567 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Martin : 5 497.2 210 Mason : 0 0.0 498 Matagorda : 1 485.0 87 Mcculloch : 0 0.0 616 Mclennan : 1 485.0 290 Medina : 1 494.3 374 Midland : 1 481.6 240 Milam : 2 476.7 265 Mitchell : 3 490.5 331 Moore : 0 0.0 564 Motley : 2 482.2 345 Navarro : 2 491.8 244 Nolan : 1 492.0 274 Nueces : 7 496.7 15 Parmer : 8 498.0 22 Pecos : 1 490.0 251 Potter : 0 0.0 565 Randall : 0 0.0 477 Reagan : 0 0.0 229 Red River : 0 0.0 367 Reeves : 1 483.2 303 Refugio : 1 498.5 101 Robertson : 4 491.0 205 Rockwall : 0 0.0 577 Runnels : 4 490.7 442 San Patricio : 9 493.0 12 Schleicher : 0 0.0 617 Scurry : 3 483.4 282 Starr : 0 0.0 540 Swisher : 4 495.0 50 Terry : 9 494.2 20 Tom Green : 4 503.0 255 Travis : 0 0.0 381 Upton : 1 493.2 325 Uvalde : 0 0.0 352 Victoria : 0 0.0 150 Walker : 2 479.8 497 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins, Average Bale Weight, and Rank by County, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ County : Number of : Average Weight per : Rank by Running and State : Active Gins : Running Bale Ginned : Bales Produced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number Pounds Rank : Ward : 0 0.0 615 Wharton : 4 489.9 54 Wheeler : 0 0.0 404 Wichita : 0 0.0 576 Wilbarger : 3 493.7 504 Willacy : 5 492.2 32 Williamson : 5 490.4 181 Wilson : 0 0.0 499 Yoakum : 5 488.5 81 Zavala : 2 489.8 362 : Texas : 306 493.4 : Accomack : 1 490.4 449 Amelia : 0 0.0 591 Brunswick : 0 0.0 513 Charles City : 0 0.0 392 Chesapeake c : 0 0.0 479 Dinwiddie : 0 0.0 295 Greensville : 1 481.6 233 Isle of Wigh : 2 493.8 216 King William : 0 0.0 415 King and Que : 0 0.0 510 New Kent : 0 0.0 541 Northampton : 0 0.0 334 Prince Georg : 0 0.0 500 Southampton : 0 0.0 77 Suffolk City : 1 484.0 151 Surry : 0 0.0 291 Sussex : 1 493.3 242 : Virginia : 6 490.0 : : US TOTAL : 1,018 492.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Withheld to avoid disclosing individual data. Note: County of origin was not determined for approximately 70,800 bales in the U.S., and ranking may be affected. Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins and Bales Ginned by Size Group, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Running Bales : : Running Bales : Ginned by : Number of : Ginned by : Number of Size Group : Active Gins : Size Group : Active Gins ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All cotton : : : : : : US 1/ : 1,018 : CA : 83 : : : 1 - 2,999 : 142 : 1 - 2,999 : 4 3,000 - 4,999 : 68 : 3,000 - 4,999 : 1 5,000 - 6,999 : 69 : 5,000 - 6,999 : 2 7,000 - 9,999 : 132 : 7,000 - 9,999 : 11 10,000 - 14,999 : 153 : 10,000 - 14,999 : 2 15,000 - 19,999 : 118 : 15,000 - 19,999 : 7 20,000 - 39,999 : 227 : 20,000 - 39,999 : 26 40,000 - and over : 109 : 40,000 - and over : 30 : : : AL : 46 : GA : 69 : : : 1 - 2,999 : 7 : 1 - 2,999 : 4 3,000 - 4,999 : 6 : 3,000 - 4,999 : 0 5,000 - 6,999 : 3 : 5,000 - 6,999 : 2 7,000 - 9,999 : 9 : 7,000 - 9,999 : 6 10,000 - 14,999 : 11 : 10,000 - 14,999 : 10 15,000 - 19,999 : 3 : 15,000 - 19,999 : 9 20,000 - 39,999 : 6 : 20,000 - 39,999 : 25 40,000 - and over : 1 : 40,000 - and over : 13 : : : AZ : 51 : LA : 58 : : : 1 - 2,999 : 4 : 1 - 2,999 : 3 3,000 - 4,999 : 4 : 3,000 - 4,999 : 0 5,000 - 6,999 : 0 : 5,000 - 6,999 : 3 7,000 - 9,999 : 0 : 7,000 - 9,999 : 10 10,000 - 14,999 : 6 : 10,000 - 14,999 : 17 15,000 - 19,999 : 11 : 15,000 - 19,999 : 8 20,000 - 39,999 : 21 : 20,000 - 39,999 : 15 40,000 - and over : 5 : 40,000 - and over : 2 : : : AR : 86 : MS : 109 : : : 1 - 2,999 : 6 : 1 - 2,999 : 9 3,000 - 4,999 : 6 : 3,000 - 4,999 : 5 5,000 - 6,999 : 9 : 5,000 - 6,999 : 7 7,000 - 9,999 : 11 : 7,000 - 9,999 : 22 10,000 - 14,999 : 15 : 10,000 - 14,999 : 25 15,000 - 19,999 : 13 : 15,000 - 19,999 : 11 20,000 - 39,999 : 20 : 20,000 - 39,999 : 23 40,000 - and over : 6 : 40,000 - and over : 7 : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote at end of table. -- continued Cotton Ginnings: Number of Active Gins and Bales Ginned by Size Group, State, and United States, Crop Year 2000 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Running Bales : : Running Bales : Ginned by : Number of : Ginned by : Number of Size Group : Active Gins : Size Group : Active Gins ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : MO : 35 : SC : 34 : : : 1 - 2,999 : 1 : 1 - 2,999 : 8 3,000 - 4,999 : 3 : 3,000 - 4,999 : 2 5,000 - 6,999 : 5 : 5,000 - 6,999 : 3 7,000 - 9,999 : 5 : 7,000 - 9,999 : 1 10,000 - 14,999 : 6 : 10,000 - 14,999 : 11 15,000 - 19,999 : 8 : 15,000 - 19,999 : 3 20,000 - 39,999 : 6 : 20,000 - 39,999 : 6 40,000 - and over : 1 : 40,000 - and over : 0 : : : NM : 13 : TN : 36 : : : 1 - 2,999 : 3 : 1 - 2,999 : 0 3,000 - 4,999 : 1 : 3,000 - 4,999 : 1 5,000 - 6,999 : 2 : 5,000 - 6,999 : 2 7,000 - 9,999 : 5 : 7,000 - 9,999 : 3 10,000 - 14,999 : 0 : 10,000 - 14,999 : 9 15,000 - 19,999 : 2 : 15,000 - 19,999 : 8 20,000 - 39,999 : 0 : 20,000 - 39,999 : 9 40,000 - and over : 0 : 40,000 - and over : 4 : : : NC : 48 : TX : 306 : : : 1 - 2,999 : 3 : 1 - 2,999 : 66 3,000 - 4,999 : 1 : 3,000 - 4,999 : 38 5,000 - 6,999 : 1 : 5,000 - 6,999 : 27 7,000 - 9,999 : 2 : 7,000 - 9,999 : 44 10,000 - 14,999 : 3 : 10,000 - 14,999 : 34 15,000 - 19,999 : 5 : 15,000 - 19,999 : 27 20,000 - 39,999 : 19 : 20,000 - 39,999 : 46 40,000 - and over : 14 : 40,000 - and over : 24 : : : OK : 32 : : : : : 1 - 2,999 : 24 : : 3,000 - 4,999 : 0 : : 5,000 - 6,999 : 2 : : 7,000 - 9,999 : 3 : : 10,000 - 14,999 : 1 : : 15,000 - 19,999 : 0 : : 20,000 - 39,999 : 1 : : 40,000 - and over : 1 : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Total number of gins operating. Data excludes 4 gins in Florida, 2 gins in Kansas, and 6 gins in Virginia. Cotton Ginnings 2000: A total of 16.7 million running bales were ginned during the 2000 season, 1 percent above 1999's ginnings of 16.5 million bales. An increase in acreage planted to cotton during 2000 was attributable to the favorableness of cotton as an alternative crop during times of low prices; however, harvested acreage decreased from 1999 due to drought and high temperatures in the extreme Southeast and southern Plains regions. Overall, the U.S. yield was 25 pounds above the previous year and offset the decline in harvested acreage. There were 1,018 active cotton gins during the 2000 season, down from the 1,084 that operated in 1999. There were 336 ginnings firms processing more than 20,000 bales in 2000, compared with 333 the previous season. Cotton, 2000 Final: All cotton production totaled 17.2 million bales, 1 percent above the 1999 production level. The 2000 output is the eighth largest crop on record. Upland cotton production, at 16.8 million bales, was 3 percent above the previous year. American-Pima production totaled 389,100 bales, down 42 percent from 1999. The area planted to all cotton totaled 15.5 million acres, up 4 percent from 1999. Harvested area was 13.1 million acres, down 3 percent from last year. The increase in planted acreage was attributable to the favorableness of cotton as an alternative crop during times of low prices; however, harvested acreage decreased from 1999 due to drought and high temperatures in the extreme Southeast and southern Plains regions. Yields for the U.S. averaged 632 pounds per harvested acre. Producers in the Southeastern States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia) experienced delays in planting cotton during the spring of 2000. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina were slowed due to extremely dry soils. Conversely, North Carolina and Virginia cotton producers experienced planting delays due to rain and lingering moisture. Moisture shortages persisted in parts of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina throughout most of the growing season. Rains received in some areas quickly evaporated due to hot, dry conditions. The lack of moisture led to the abandonment of some fields. Adequate moisture was received in North Carolina and Virginia; however, abnormally cool temperatures slowed development in some areas. Harvest began in most parts of the region during the middle of September and progressed near average for most of the fall. Virginia and parts of the Carolinas lagged behind average, due to the cool weather which slowed maturation of the crop. The Delta States' (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee) planted 3.94 million acres, a 5 percent increase over last year. Harvested area totaled 3.88 million acres. Planting progressed smoothly throughout most of the region. Dry weather permitted excess moisture to drain from fields and allowed planting to get into full swing by early May. Above normal temperatures stimulated development throughout the season, but resulted in some deterioration of condition. The rapid development of the crop allowed harvest to progress well ahead of the 5-year average. Louisiana growers were finished picking cotton prior to November 1, while the other Delta States had well over 90 percent of their acreage harvested before November. Rains during November delayed the completion of harvest in these States; however, by November 21, all five Delta States had completed harvest. Data from the objective yield surveys in the last 10 years show 2000 boll weights in Arkansas and Louisiana were the fourth lowest, while Mississippi's weight was second lowest. Producers in the Southwestern States (Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas) were able to maintain a planting pace on par with the 5-year average, despite combating weather delays. Weather conditions during the second half of May allowed Oklahoma cotton producers to stay well ahead of the 5-year average planting rate. Texas producers managed to maintain pace with average, despite extremely dry conditions and high winds. Hot, dry growing conditions early in the season resulted in development progressing ahead of average throughout most of the region. Most areas received rains during late June, easing moisture concerns that had developed during the month; however, the precipitation came too late for some fields which were plowed under and replanted to alternative crops. Extremely hot temperatures and high winds persisted throughout the remainder of the growing season, leading to depleted soil moisture, deteriorating condition ratings, and abandoned fields. Irrigated crops were also under stress in some areas of the Plains due to available water being exhausted at a rapid rate. Harvest began early due to the rapidly maturing crop and was aided by a light to killing frost in early October; however, progress slowed during November due to rain and high humidity. Quality and yields were adversely affected by the rainfall. Despite the delays, Oklahoma remained ahead of the 5-year average harvest pace. Texas, which began the harvest season ahead of average, had fallen off pace by mid-November. Arizona and California experienced excellent planting conditions throughout the spring of 2000. By mid-May, California planting was virtually complete. Arizona producers had completed their planting by the end of May. The early planting and above average temperatures during June allowed the upland cotton in the West to progress well ahead of average. Irrigation alleviated any concerns associated with dry spells which accompanied the hot temperatures. Mild temperatures during parts of July and August resulted in some delays in crop development, but the early season progress allowed the crop to stay ahead of average. Harvest began on or ahead of normal, despite some rain delays. Although the rains had only minimal delays on harvest activities, quality factors were diminished in some areas. Data from the objective yield plots indicate California's boll weights are the second lowest since 1991. California producers decreased American-Pima planted acres by 40 percent from 1999, to 145,000 acres. The San Joaquin Valley began planting American-Pima cotton in late March, but cool weather resulted in some delays and slowed plant development. The crop progressed well, despite more cool weather during late August. Harvest proceeded ahead of average and was virtually complete by the beginning of December. Cottonseed: Cottonseed production in 2000 totaled 6.44 million tons, up 1 percent from 1999. 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